Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	alive_a	dead_a	life_n	5,787	5	5.0987	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A90501	The white minister's declaration, or, The meaning of the white scarf and girdle explained	Perkins, Joseph, b. 1658.	1699 (1699)	Wing P1558A; ESTC R42612	2,180	4

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